Gad
גָּדִיStrong’s H1425gadi (ga-di)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gadi is the Hebrew word usually translated “gadite”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:”
Meaning
- Spomeone from the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.11
How it's translated
- and to the gadite 6
- the gadite 4
- and the gadite 4
- for the gadite 1
- and gadite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 5
- Deuteronomy 4
- Joshua 4
- Numbers 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 3:12And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
- Deuteronomy 3:16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
- Deuteronomy 4:43Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
- Deuteronomy 29:8And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 1:12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 12:6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּדִי gadi · Gad
Spomeone from the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.11; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Asher (H0836); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692) Another name of gad (גָּד "Gad" H1410G) § Gadite = "an invader: a troop: fortune" …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gad” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GAD, noun
- A wedge or ingot of steel.
- A style or graver.
- A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners.
All definitions and other forms of “gad”
GAD, verb intransitive
- To walk about; to rove or ramble idly or without any fixed purpose.
- To ramble in growth; as the gadding vine.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.